Jacob deCastro 7/13/23 Jacob deCastro 7/13/23

Families for Safe Streets Releases New Report Analyzing the Deaths of the 100 Children Killed by Traffic Violence Since the Launch of Vision Zero, Memorial Website

One-third of the children killed while walking or biking were killed on their way to or from school.

Jacob deCastro 7/6/23 Jacob deCastro 7/6/23

Statement from Transportation Alternatives on Urgent Need to Redesign McGuinness Boulevard Following Reports that Mayor Adams Reversed Redesign

There have been dozens of community meetings on the McGuinness project. There are 18 schools within a quarter-mile of McGuinness Boulevard.

Jacob deCastro 6/27/23 Jacob deCastro 6/27/23

Statement from Transportation Alternatives as Congestion Pricing Clears Final Federal Hurdle

Jacob deCastro 6/23/23 Jacob deCastro 6/23/23

Transportation Alternatives Releases New Report Showing Benefit of Adjusting Vehicle Fees, Calls on State Lawmakers to Pass New Legislation from Senator Gounardes, Assemblymember Mamdani

For every 1,000 pound increase in vehicle weight, there is a 46% increase in motorist fatalities.

Jacob deCastro 6/23/23 Jacob deCastro 6/23/23

Testimony: Oversight Hearing on Electric Vehicle Infrastructure

Jacob deCastro 6/22/23 Jacob deCastro 6/22/23

‘New Yorkers Will Die Because the Assembly Refused to Act’: Statement from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets after Sammy’s Law Failed to Get a Vote this Session

Jacob deCastro 6/12/23 Jacob deCastro 6/12/23

With Strong Majority Support in State Assembly, Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Demand Assembly Pass Sammy’s Law When Session Resumes

Since Sammy’s Law was introduced on January 20, 2023, 88 New Yorkers have been killed by traffic violence.

Jacob deCastro 6/8/23 Jacob deCastro 6/8/23

Safe Streets Hunger Strikers Demand Speaker Heastie Call Vote on Sammy’s Law After Speeding Driver Kills Pedestrian in Midwood

Jacob deCastro 6/6/23 Jacob deCastro 6/6/23

Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets Statements After State Senate Passes Sammy’s Law

Alexa Sledge 6/2/23 Alexa Sledge 6/2/23

Safe Streets Advocates Demand Action After SUV Driver Kills Bicycle Rider in Greenpoint

Jacob deCastro 6/1/23 Jacob deCastro 6/1/23

Transportation Alternatives Statement After SUV Driver Kills Bike Rider in Sheepshead Bay

Jacob deCastro 5/25/23 Jacob deCastro 5/25/23

Statement from Transportation Alternatives After City Council Passes Home Rule Resolution Supporting Sammy’s Law

Sammy’s Law would allow New York City to finally set its own speed limits. 42% of pedestrians struck by motor vehicles at an impact speed of 25 mph will sustain serious injury or die.

Jacob deCastro 5/25/23 Jacob deCastro 5/25/23

Transportation Alternatives Statement After Truck Driver Kills Pedestrian in East Harlem

Crashes have killed 85 people in 2023 — a fatality rate 9% higher than the Vision Zero-era average. Traffic violence has killed 36 pedestrians in 2023.